US 4,227,530 AGranted

Method of employing reclosable fastener tape system

AssigneeScott Paper Company

InventorClarence H. Schatz

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Abstract

A reclosable fastener tape system adaptable for use in connecting together segments of a garment includes a release strip and an adhesive tape fastener. The release strip has an adhesive layer on one of its surfaces that is directly attachable to the garment, and the fastener has first and second tape sections adhered to the opposite surface of the release strip through an adhesive surface-release surface interface. The release strip and adhesive tape fastener are the only adhesive containing substrates of the tape system when the system is attached to the garment. In accordance with a method of this invention the fastener tape system is attached to the garment, and thereafter the adhesive surface of the first tape section is attached to a segment of the garment that is different from the segment to which the second tape section is attached to thereby connect these segments together. Thereafter, if it is desired to adjust or modify the fit of the garment on the wearer, or merely open the garment to inspect it, as may be desirable when the garment is a disposable diaper, it is only necessary to detach the second tape section from the garment at the adhesive surface-release surface interface.

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Dependent claims

A method of manipulating a disposable diaper, said diaper having front and back surfaces adapted to face toward and away from a wearer, respectively, when said diaper is placed on the wearer, said diaper including an adhesive tape fastener folded about a side edge of one segment of the diaper to provide a first tape section overlying the front surface of said one diaper segment and a second tape section overlying the back surface of said one diaper segment, said first tape section including an inwardly facing adhesive layer adhered to the front surface of said one diaper segment through an outwardly facing release surface and said second tape section being attached to the back surface of said one diaper segment through the cooperation of a release surface and an adhesive layer, said method including the steps of:

a. placing the diaper about the torso of a wearer with the front surface facing the wearer and end regions encircling the waist region of said wearer to bring a second segment of the diaper adjacent said one segment;
b. separating the first tape section from its release surface on the one diaper segment to expose the adhesive layer thereon and adhering the first tape section, through its exposed adhesive layer, to the back surface of the second diaper segment for initially retaining the diaper about the torso of the wearer, and, when the diaper is to be opened;
c. separating the second tape section from the back of the one diaper segment at an interface between the release surface and the adhesive layer that cooperate to attach the second tape section to the back surface of said one diaper segment.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.